Smallbrit
Well-Known Member
Grrrr.
Had HBA1C done this morning. GAD test was ordered but not done at last blood draw, so GP said he'd add it on to the next 3-month review. It wasn't even on the blood draw order this time. When I asked the nurse why, she said I can ask the GP when I see him... in 3 weeks.... it'll by then have been 6 months since he ordered it, and two missed blood draws. I've read all the threads on here re: costs etc meaning GAD tests are often not done, though I don't know why the GP would have taken if off the order completely.
Is there anything about having/not having a GAD test that's important? I'm diet controlled, no meds, diagnosed type 2 last year with HBA1C results of 89 and 76, after ambling along with prediabetes for at least 3 years and being a perfectly happy 116 lbs. I've lost 9 lbs in 2 months, completely unintentionally, so I hope that isn't a symptom of anything except diet changes.
I personally blame grief and a serious overload of biscuits (think in terms of entire packs of Bourbons at once) in my diet for the great big jump in HBA1C last year, but interestingly it didn't add any weight on at all. I got a meter at Christmas and I've been trying to eat to that with post prandial rises at 2hrs at no more than 2mmol. As a result I started eating very low carb, because higher carbs at meals cause spikes. But it also involved far less food, as I ended up not being hungry, and I suspect more food/more fat in would stop weight loss. I'm going to try that at least.
My mum was a very very skinny, frail T1, who worked very hard to maintain a weight above 90lbs; so weight loss for any reason other than not eating enough food terrifies me.
Had HBA1C done this morning. GAD test was ordered but not done at last blood draw, so GP said he'd add it on to the next 3-month review. It wasn't even on the blood draw order this time. When I asked the nurse why, she said I can ask the GP when I see him... in 3 weeks.... it'll by then have been 6 months since he ordered it, and two missed blood draws. I've read all the threads on here re: costs etc meaning GAD tests are often not done, though I don't know why the GP would have taken if off the order completely.
Is there anything about having/not having a GAD test that's important? I'm diet controlled, no meds, diagnosed type 2 last year with HBA1C results of 89 and 76, after ambling along with prediabetes for at least 3 years and being a perfectly happy 116 lbs. I've lost 9 lbs in 2 months, completely unintentionally, so I hope that isn't a symptom of anything except diet changes.
I personally blame grief and a serious overload of biscuits (think in terms of entire packs of Bourbons at once) in my diet for the great big jump in HBA1C last year, but interestingly it didn't add any weight on at all. I got a meter at Christmas and I've been trying to eat to that with post prandial rises at 2hrs at no more than 2mmol. As a result I started eating very low carb, because higher carbs at meals cause spikes. But it also involved far less food, as I ended up not being hungry, and I suspect more food/more fat in would stop weight loss. I'm going to try that at least.
My mum was a very very skinny, frail T1, who worked very hard to maintain a weight above 90lbs; so weight loss for any reason other than not eating enough food terrifies me.